Armed police were deployed to Happy Days caravan site in Chapel St Leonards

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Police have confirmed that the reason as to why armed officers were called to a Lincolnshire town.

Officers were spotted descending on the Happy Days caravan site in Chapel St Leonards yesterday, Tuesday, July 4.

Leicestershire Police have now confirmed they had issued the call-out as part of a hunt for a pair from the county that were wanted on suspicion of firearm offences relating to an incident in the early hours of Sunday morning.

They were later tracked down later last night to two separate addresses in Skegness.

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A spokesperson for the force, confirmed: “Two people have been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences following an incident in Gibson Road, Sileby, in the early hours of Sunday, July 2.

“A man and a woman, both aged 25, were arrested from addresses in Skegness last night.

“They are currently still in police custody.”

An eyewitnesses had previously told how officers bearing weapons had been present on the caravan site for at least 90 minutes.